New Rosneft leader Igor Sechin highlights the importance of the company’s three grand projects in the Russian Arctic.
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New Rosneft leader Igor Sechin highlights the importance of the company’s three grand projects in the Russian Arctic.
The Russian mineral agency Rosnedra is depriving Lukoil of its co-ownership of the Trebs and Titov licenses.
A prototype of a new Russian inter-continental missile was Tuesday successfully test launched from the Plesetsk launch site in northern Russia. It will be able to break through the U.S. missile defence shield, Russian military officials believe.
Cooperation and distribution of tasks within NATO is excellent, but Norway will not abandon having its own submarine fleet because of the vast sea areas and the proximity to Russia, says Defense Minister Espen Barth Eide.
Two top Bashneft managers left the company due to the accident at the Trebs oil field in the Nenets Autonomous District.
New Russian oil platforms are not up for the task and shipping along the Northern Sea Route poses a great risk to Arctic nature, a leading Russian expert maintains.
The Tapuli iron mine project in northern Sweden does not jeopardize the health and safety of the local population, the Swedish government concludes.
UPDATED: Australian Northern Iron, operating the Sydvaranger mine in Kirkenes, says on Tuesday it has turned down a takeover bid from Aditya Birla Group.
The icebreaker “Dikson” will undergo upgrades in Kirkenes, Norway, before heading to the Barents Sea to collect seismic data.
As the summer Arctic sea-ice declines, polar bears are swimming hundreds of kilometres nonstop to find food.
Murmansk-based doll maker Tatyana Gombash gives life to her fantasies through her art.
May 17th parades in both Murmansk and Arkhangelsk were attended by both locals and Norwegians. See BarentsObserver’s photogallery.
Finnmark Governor Runar Sjåstad had first meeting with newly appointed Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun two weeks before introduction of visa-freedom in the border areas between the two neighbors.
The numbers of people crossing the borders between Russia, Norway and Finland in the north have doubled over the last two years.
The Governor of the Karelian Republic leaves his post after less than two years in office.
Deputy Ministers of the Arctic Council are negotiating a statement of common vision and need to continue working together for sustainable economic development, according to Sweden’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt.
Ostriches may be native to African deserts, but this ostrich farmer says they get by just fine in the Russian Arctic too.
In the 1600s, the fishing village of Vardø was believed to be close to hell. It was here that 91 men and women were convicted of witchcraft and executed.